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To: MeganC
Okay, then 1 out of 100 individuals shot by the police were shot wrongfully should have shot the police in self defense.

Right?????

OK, then the other 99 should have been allowed to run loose and wreak havoc on society?

When you analyze wrongful shootings there is almost always a factor (usually underreported) that caused the cop to believe shooting was warranted. The adult-sized twelve year old with the realistic toy gun comes to mind. Reaching into a pocket when told to freeze is another.

53 posted on 05/30/2018 10:56:54 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

“When you analyze wrongful shootings there is almost always a factor (usually underreported) that caused the cop to believe shooting was warranted. The adult-sized twelve year old with the realistic toy gun comes to mind. Reaching into a pocket when told to freeze is another.”

All that matters to me is if the shooting is wrongful when committed by a law abiding citizen then it should also be wrongful when committed by law enforcement. There is no clause in the Constitution that grants law enforcement any special rights or a right to kill and I object to the notion that police get special dispensation to shoot and kill just because they represent the Almighty State.


54 posted on 05/30/2018 11:07:47 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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